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God Rest You Merry: The Story of Christmas in Words and Music (Vintage Beeb)

By:
Chris Emmett

Narrated by:
Andrew Cruickshank,
St Martin Singers

Length: 51 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
2

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
2

Story

4 out of 5 stars
2

The Story of Christmas in words and music, with Andrew Cruickshank and The Saint Martin Singers. ‘God rest you merry’, a daily programme of readings and music for Christmas week, was first broadcast in the BBC Home Service in 1961 and has been repeated in various forms over the years since then. Now, with this recording, listeners can hear again the series of programmes as a whole, including some of their favourite poems and carols. The Saint Martin Singers date back to 1942, and owe their origin to a small band of fire-watchers at the church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.